Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan accepted the chief’s terms and headed for the Giant Venusaur Forest, hoping to strengthen his team with help from Ye Lan’s Pokémon Food. At Huaxia Academy, Ye Lan watched Huang Ba and Mu Rong Yun begin a one-on-one battle, where Huang Ba sent out Blaziken against a rare female Sceptile.

• Hu Bin questioned Lin Yan’s confidence in challenging the chief, but Lin Yan explained that refusing the terms would have cost him his resources.
• Lin Yan flew toward the Giant Venusaur Forest with Charizard and the Pokémon Food Ye Lan had left for him.
• Huaxia Academy’s students gathered to watch Huang Ba and Mu Rong Yun battle, while Ye Lan sat beside Zhang Shuling in the stands.
• Huang Ba and Mu Rong Yun began a one-on-one Single Battle on rocky terrain and sent out Blaziken and Sceptile.
• Ye Lan examined Sceptile’s status and noted her rarity, Dragon-type talent, and ability to Mega Evolve.

Mu Rong Yun challenged Huang Ba to a long-awaited rematch, Mega Evolving Sceptile to face Mega Blaziken. Sceptile revealed the Sword Star Style and forced Blaziken to use Protect, but the battle continued with both Pokémon still standing.

• Sceptile broke through to a higher level, and Mu Rong Yun revealed that he had prepared for his latest battle against Huang Ba.
• Mu Rong Yun Mega Evolved Sceptile, while Ye Lan watched his first Mega Evolution and realized he had no Mega Evolution Slot for his own Pokémon.
• Blaziken opened with Blaze Kick, but Mega Sceptile countered with Dragon Pulse and struck it into a stone pillar with its tail.
• Huang Ba used Fury Flame to let Mega Blaziken charge through Mega Sceptile's Leaf Storm with Flare Blitz.
• Mu Rong Yun ordered Leaf Blade, and Mega Sceptile used the Sword Star Style to split Mega Blaziken's Flare Blitz and force it to retreat behind Protect.

Ye Lan watched Mega Sceptile battle Huang Ba’s Mega Blaziken while Zhang Shuling questioned whether specializing in Grass types was worth the difficult path. Ye Lan reaffirmed his goal of winning recognition for Grass-type Pokémon, and Zhang Shuling pressed him to acknowledge him as his master before cries from the stands interrupted them.

• Zhang Shuling explained the Sword Star Style and noted that Mu Rong Yun’s Mega Sceptile still faced a difficult fight against Huang Ba’s Mega Blaziken.
• Huang Ba’s Mega Blaziken overwhelmed Mega Sceptile with a rapid assault, even as Mega Sceptile tried to overcome its past defeats.
• Zhang Shuling asked Ye Lan whether he would keep specializing in Grass types, and Ye Lan said he wanted trainers to recognize their worth by reaching the top with an all-Grass team.
• Zhang Shuling reminded Ye Lan that accepting the lineage’s benefits meant he should call him Master, but startled cries from the stands drew their attention back to the battle.

Mu Rong Yun and Huang Ba’s Mega Sceptile and Mega Blaziken fought to exhaustion, trading tricks and insults before their final attacks left both Pokémon down. As the two crawled toward each other, Huang Ba ordered Blaziken to use Ember, and its tiny flame landed on Sceptile’s head.

• Mu Rong Yun ordered Mega Sceptile to use Earthquake, which brought down rocks that concealed Sceptile inside a boulder and let it ambush Mega Blaziken with Dragon Pulse.
• Huang Ba and Mu Rong Yun traded insults while their Pokémon continued fighting, and Mega Blaziken and Mega Sceptile eventually clashed with Blaze Kick and Leaf Blade.
• The final collision knocked both Pokémon down and ended their Mega forms, leaving them unconscious amid the rubble.
• Sceptile and Blaziken regained consciousness and struggled toward one another despite severe injuries, with Sceptile unable to use its arms and Blaziken crawling on its hands.
• Huang Ba ordered Blaziken to attack with Ember, and its tiny flame landed on Sceptile’s head.

Sceptile and Blaziken both lost the ability to battle, ending Mu Rong Yun and Huang Ba’s match in a draw. Ye Lan met Mu Rong Yun, who warmed to him and his Grass-type Pokémon, before Huang Ba tried to recruit him to the Flame Dragon Gym.

• Sceptile used its tail to throw rocks at Blaziken, and the referee declared both Pokémon unable to battle, making the match a draw.
• Huang Ba called the draw a win for Mu Rong Yun, but Mu Rong Yun insisted that it was a draw.
• Zhang Pengfei met Ye Lan and asked whether he was Zhang Shuling’s new disciple, prompting Mu Rong Yun and Huang Ba to question a researcher teaching a Trainer.
• Zhang Shuling introduced Mu Rong Yun as a friend of his teacher who had worked with him to improve the Sword Star Style, and Ye Lan greeted him as Grandpa Mu Rong.
• Ye Lan released his Grass-type Pokémon, and Mu Rong Yun praised him after learning that he had Grass-related psychic powers.
• Huang Ba urged Ye Lan to train at the Flame Dragon Gym, arguing that Grass-type Trainers needed experience against Fire types.

After Zhang Shuling and his senior brothers left Huaxia Academy, Ye Lan took charge of the research institute and began planning its renovation. While Ye Lan spoke with a construction crew, his Pokémon wandered around campus and Leafeon asked a student for directions to training and battle facilities.

• Mu Rong Yun accepted that Ye Lan had become Zhang Shuling's disciple, and Ye Lan met his senior brothers Song Wen and Song Wu before they took Zhang Shuling and Su Muqing into the wilderness.
• Zhang Shuling left Ye Lan in charge of the research institute, and Su Muqing gave him Champion Su Ding's contact information for emergencies.
• Ye Lan learned that the institute's key equipment had been moved to a laboratory established by Champion Su Ding, then got Dean Zhang Pengfei's permission to renovate the building without expanding it.
• Ye Lan contacted construction teams while Serperior, Leafeon, Oh-no Amoonguss, Whimsicott, and Rillaboom explored Huaxia Academy with Marshadow nearby.
• Whimsicott tried to ask a student for directions, but she misunderstood and offered it a Poké Ball, prompting Leafeon to speak human language and ask where Grass-type Pokémon could train and battle.

Leafeon surprised the Huaxia Academy students by speaking, while Ye Lan began turning Zhang Shuling’s research institute into a Grass-type Pokémon restaurant. Ye Lan revealed that he had enrolled in Pokémon Food in the Breeding Department, and he still needed professional guidance to develop dishes combining multiple Pokémon types.

• Leafeon spoke to the Huaxia Academy students, and Serperior, Whimsicott, Oh-no Amoonguss, and Rillaboom reacted with surprise and excitement.
• The students welcomed Leafeon and its companions, offered directions to the battlefields and sunroom, and recognized them as Ye Lan’s Pokémon.
• While flying away from the academy, Zhang Shuling worried that Ye Lan might damage the research institute he intended to pass down to Su Muqing.
• Ye Lan reviewed the plans for converting the research institute into a Grass-type-themed restaurant, and Zhang Pengfei questioned whether the venture would succeed.
• Ye Lan told Zhang Pengfei that he had enrolled in Pokémon Food in the Breeding Department, not the Battle Department, and explained that he needed help developing dishes combining Grass with Fairy and Poison types.

Ye Lan revealed that he had chosen the Breeding Department’s Pokémon Food major, surprising Dean Zhang Pengfei. He hurried to the outdoor battle area after receiving academy points and discovered that his Pokémon had set up an arena to earn credits, where Serperior had no challengers.

• Ye Lan showed Zhang Pengfei his registration for the Breeding Department’s Pokémon Food major, and Zhang reminded him that he could seek a transfer during his freshman year.
• Ye Lan received 2.5 academy points and suspected that his Pokémon were earning credits around campus.
• Ye Lan followed Leafeon’s location to an outdoor battle area, where his Pokémon had occupied three fields and established challenge matches for credits.
• Oh-no Amoonguss explained that Leafeon had organized the arena to combine training with earning credits, while Rillaboom handled logistics and he cheered.
• Rillaboom beat a drum to announce another challenge, and Ye Lan noticed that Whimsicott and Leafeon had queues while Serperior had none.

Ye Lan watched Leafeon’s challenge arenas draw students in while Serperior struggled to attract an opponent. After Whimsicott defeated another challenger, Ye Lan advertised Grass-type Pokémon Food and invited the crowd to visit his Battle Restaurant.

• Serperior grew dejected when its intimidating appearance scared off the only Trainer willing to challenge it.
• Whimsicott defeated the dreadlocked Trainer’s Ninetales with its status moves, and the Trainer surrendered and collected a photo rebate from Rillaboom.
• The waiting students hesitated to challenge the Pokémon after seeing Whimsicott win, and some recognized Ye Lan as their Trainer.
• Leafeon finished its battle and returned to Ye Lan, who collected the opponent’s points and gave the Trainer Grass-type Pokémon Food as a consolation prize.
• Ye Lan invited the students to challenge his Pokémon at the Battle Restaurant, surprising the crowd with the unfamiliar name.

Ye Lan announced plans to turn the former Ability Research Institute into a Grass-type Battle Restaurant, drawing attention to his powerful Rillaboom and prompting Shangguan Hong to challenge him. Meanwhile, Zhang Shuling told Su Muqing and Song Wu about a rumored forest in Hoenn ruled by a giant Totem Venusaur, which he hoped to investigate.

• Ye Lan announced that the former Ability Research Institute would become a Battle Restaurant for Grass-type Pokémon, surprising the crowd with his influence at Huaxia Academy.
• Shangguan Hong recognized Rillaboom as a mid-Professional-level Pokémon and challenged Ye Lan to a battle against his rumored giant Serperior.
• Ye Lan clarified that he studied in the Breeding Department, and the Battle Department crowd took his challenge arena on their training grounds as a provocation.
• Zhang Shuling told Su Muqing and Song Wu about the rumored Giant Venusaur Forest deep in Hoenn's Forbidden Forest.
• Zhang Shuling explained that he wanted to study how the environment affected Pokémon abilities, rather than simply examine Ye Lan's unusually large Serperior.

Ye Lan’s Serperior battled Shangguan Hong’s Steelix, trading powerful attacks as Shangguan Hong tried to seize control of the match. The chapter ended with Steelix pressing forward after forcing Serperior to retreat from Earthquake.

• Shangguan Hong sent out his mid-Professional-level Steelix, whose extensive move list included Toxic.
• Serperior met Steelix’s Gyro Ball head-on and knocked the larger Pokémon backward with a powerful tail strike.
• Ye Lan had Serperior spread Grassy Terrain, then Serperior unleashed Leaf Storm while Steelix spun to deflect the leaves.
• Steelix used Rock Tomb to block Serperior’s paths, but Serperior shattered the stone pillars with Dragon-type Energy.
• Shangguan Hong capitalized on Serperior’s pause with Earthquake, forcing it to retreat, then ordered Steelix to close in with Dragon Tail.

Ye Lan and Serperior battled Shangguan Hong and Steelix, using Grassy Terrain, Leaf Storm, and Ye Lan’s Psychic power to overcome Steelix’s Rock Tomb trap. Shangguan Hong’s final Rock Slide left Serperior injured, but Steelix was knocked unconscious, ending the friendly battle with Serperior victorious.

• Serperior used Leech Seed, Energy Ball, and boosted Leaf Storms to put Steelix on the defensive, while Steelix escaped the vines with Fire Fang.
• Shangguan Hong trapped Serperior in a small arena with Steelix’s powerful Rock Tomb, forcing the Pokémon into close combat.
• Ye Lan entered his Absolute Monarch of Grass form, and Serperior matched Steelix’s Iron Tail with Leaf Blade.
• Serperior unleashed a burst of strength and struck Steelix with three Leaf Blades, sending it crashing through the stone pillars.
• Shangguan Hong ordered Rock Slide, which injured Serperior and damaged its scales, but Steelix lay unconscious after the attack.

After Ye Lan and Shangguan Hong’s battle wrecked the training field, Principal Zhang Pengfei made Shangguan Hong pay for the damage and let Ye Lan go because he was a freshman. Ye Lan then brought his Pokémon to Huaxia Academy’s Sunroom, where they began taking advantage of its dense Grass-type energy.

• Shangguan Hong’s Steelix unleashed a powerful Rock Slide technique that devastated the training field, and Principal Zhang Pengfei caught Shangguan Hong as he tried to leave.
• Zhang Pengfei said Ye Lan had to cover a quarter of the repair costs, but let Shangguan Hong pay everything after learning Ye Lan was a freshman.
• Shangguan Hong vowed to challenge Ye Lan’s Rillaboom, and Zhang Pengfei revealed that Ye Lan had caught Rillaboom before reaching the Professional rank and that Serperior was his starter Pokémon.
• Ye Lan paid four credits for two hours in the Sunroom and admired its extensive grounds and abundant Grass-type energy.
• Ye Lan released his Pokémon in the Sunroom, where Serperior rested beside a lake and Whimsicott recognized an environment like the one where it had evolved.

Ye Lan used free Pokémon Food to attract Grass-type Pokémon to his future restaurant and planned to turn their interest into sales. After Serperior scared a Chikorita away from begging for more candy, she settled down to sleep.

• Ye Lan reviewed his Pokémon’s training progress and expected Serperior to soon reach Professional level.
• Ye Lan handed out candy to Grass-type Pokémon in the sunroom, with Rillaboom lifting him onto a shoulder to keep him safe.
• Ye Lan announced that he would hand out candy for several more days before requiring Pokémon to visit his restaurant for more.
• Chikorita tried to wheedle extra candy from Ye Lan, but Serperior frightened it out of its cute act.
• Ye Lan told Serperior to stop scaring Chikorita, but Serperior ignored him and pretended to sleep.

Ye Lan reached Huaxia Academy’s Breeding Department dormitory district, where Qin Chuan explained the Battle Department’s fierce credit-stealing rules. Ye Lan regretted not joining the Battle Department, while Qin Chuan revealed he had lost his credits to a senior student who later became his girlfriend.

• Ye Lan traveled toward the Breeding Department dormitory district with Rillaboom and Whimsicott, and Rillaboom blocked a powerful Aura Sphere that struck nearby.
• Qin Chuan met Ye Lan and said Dean Shu had sent him to guide Ye Lan through the enormous dormitory district.
• Qin Chuan explained that Battle Department students could battle and steal credits in their dormitory district under strict rules, with villa ownership and subsidies determined by weekly battles.
• Ye Lan grew excited about the chance to steal credits and regretted enrolling in the Breeding Department.
• Qin Chuan revealed that a senior student had tricked him out of his credits when he first entered the Battle Department dormitory district, and that she was now his girlfriend.

Ye Lan moved into Residence 91 and met Rotom Butler No. 232, who explained the services available to residents. He began cleaning the villa with his Pokémon and left Whimsicott and Leafeon to prepare dinner after they started playing around.

• Ye Lan asked Qin Chuan about quick ways for Breeding Department students to earn points, and Qin Chuan suggested services such as planning meals and caring for Pokémon.
• Qin Chuan brought Ye Lan to Residence 91 and gave him the keys to his villa.
• Rotom Butler No. 232 introduced itself and explained that it could help Ye Lan shop, search data, summon doctors, and use the academy's commission platform.
• Leafeon mistook Rotom for an artifact spirit, and Ye Lan stopped it from attacking the television.
• Ye Lan started cleaning the villa with Rillaboom and Oh-no Amoonguss while Whimsicott and Leafeon played in the kitchen.

Ye Lan settled into life at Huaxia Academy while his Grass-type food gained popularity, then reflected that travel might be essential to his growth as a trainer. He prepared to use the Lucky Wheel and found that his cooking ability had leveled up.

• Whimsicott tricked Oh-no Amoonguss into bathing in poisonous water, and the Pokémon and Ye Lan later sampled it, leaving most of them poisoned.
• Ye Lan adapted to the academy, where students praised his Pokémon food and asked to buy it on the official platform.
• Ye Lan heard news about newly discovered forms for Emboar and Samurott and jokingly lamented that they had gained new forms without him.
• Ye Lan considered how staying at the academy might hinder his growth and concluded that travel had helped him develop.
• Ye Lan checked his status, saw that his abilities had risen in level, and reviewed the upgraded effects of his Grass-type cooking ability.

Ye Lan discovered the growing benefits of his cooking ability, arranged for Rillaboom to help run the restaurant, and reviewed the improved effects of Absolute Monarch of Grass. He spent 1,000 sunshine points to upgrade Lucky Wheel, unlocking a new gambling feature and refreshing the exchange shop.

• Ye Lan noticed that his Grass-type Pokémon had gradually improved from the benefits of Cooking Muggle's Fatal Echo, and he planned to have Rillaboom prepare food and run the restaurant after five each afternoon.
• Ye Lan reviewed Absolute Monarch of Grass's level-two effect and reflected on his failed attempt to learn remote Grass-type energy control from Leafeon.
• Ye Lan thought about the sleeping Marshadow and considered taking it to Huaxia Academy's Astonish House when it woke.
• Ye Lan spent 1,000 sunshine points to upgrade Lucky Wheel to level four, which also refreshed the exchange shop.
• Ye Lan learned that Lucky Wheel's new gambler effect let him wager sunshine points on whether his next draw would yield a purple-quality item or better.

Ye Lan upgraded the Lucky Wheel, then gambled nearly all his Sunshine Points on 50 draws and won a purple Candy Paper Voucher. He discovered the exchange shop now used candy wrappers as currency, but the newly revealed prices left him furious.

• Ye Lan upgraded the Lucky Wheel to level 4 and learned that its purple-item prediction could only be set to yes for each drawing session.
• Ye Lan used a Lucky Wheel Discount Card and bet his remaining Sunshine Points on 50 consecutive draws.
• Ye Lan received one purple Candy Paper Voucher among the mostly white and blue prizes.
• Ye Lan checked the updated exchange shop and found that candy wrappers had replaced candies as its currency.
• Ye Lan inspected the fourth page and complained about the high price of a Vine Whip TM and its People's Education Edition.

Ye Lan redeemed a Vine Whip TM that the system converted into a manual for him, then learned from Hu Bin that Lin Yan had gone missing. Lin Yan, wounded and hiding in a cave, identified his pursuers as Team Aqua and prepared to fight back.

• Ye Lan redeemed the discounted Vine Whip TM, paid 50 sunshine points to turn it into a readable manual, and began studying its instructions.
• Hu Bin called Ye Lan to report that Lin Yan had lost contact, ending Ye Lan's playful mood.
• Lin Yan hid in a cave with Charizard and Blastoise after fighting a squad of well-equipped Trainers and escaping down a waterfall.
• Lin Yan counted twelve Healing Water Capsules remaining and learned that four pursuers were left.
• Lin Yan recognized the blue-uniformed pursuers as Team Aqua and resolved to take them down.